Archive of Stathis Kouvelakis

Even in times of defeat, the class struggle continues. Everything is not possible at all times, but there are always forks in the road and opportunities – all too often missed – for the forces of popular emancipation. Reflecting on the lessons of the student movement of 1986 and the shattered 'Greek Spring',  Stathis Kouvelakis sketches a way forward for the left in 2022. 

"Populism," as a political concept, gained mainstream traction over the 2010s as the neoliberal consensus broke down internationally. But what is populist theory and what is its relationship to the twentieth-century Marxist thought from which it developed? In this piece, Stathis Kouvélakis offers a critical examination of the political logic of Ernesto Laclau’s theory of populism.

The third installment of a new text by Stathis Kouvelakis on the development, events and legacy of the Paris Commune, published in three parts across the week.

The second installment of a new text by Stathis Kouvelakis on the development, events and legacy of the Paris Commune, published in three parts across the week.

The first installment of a new text by Stathis Kouvelakis on the development, events and legacy of the Paris Commune, published in three parts across the week. 

After 4 years in power, SYRIZA were defeated in both recent elections, finishing behind the conservative New Democracy party in each. In this article written in the wake of the European election but before the results were announced of the legislative election, two leading members of the Greek left Costas Lapavitsas and Stathis Kouvelakis reflect on the reasons for SYRIZA's defeat and what it would take for the radical left to once more win power.

Stathis Kouvelakis on how Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth can help us understand Tsipras's capitulation to the Troika.